Allies Make Gains as Montenegrin Front Bites Back
British and Austrian movements dominate headlines as Austrians push toward Montenegro’s capital while Allied forces battle in Mesopotamia. Reports note mounting loot recovered by authorities, including clothing, jewelry, and weapons, amid ongoing warfare.
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Montenegro
Cattaro Bay
Champagne
Tigris
London
Mount Loveen
Ics
Cattero Bay
Ampagne
Townsend
Kut-El-Amara
French Fail at Lemensil Front in German Positions Attack
The war office announced a French assault north of Lemensil failed along a front of about a thousand yards. No gains were reported and the French withdrew.
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Serlin
Lemensil
War Office
Turkish Warship Sultan Selim Skips Damages in Black Sea Clash
Reports from Constantinople recount a long range battle in the Black Sea between the Turkish warship Sultan Selim and Russian battleships. The Russian vessel was reportedly hit while the Turkish ship emerged undamaged.
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London
Black Sea
Sultan Selim
Soeben
Constantinople
Explosion at Lille Ammunition Depot Kills Seventy
Berlin reports a southern Lille ammunition depot blast in northern France killing seventy people and wounding forty. Property damage is noted. officials give no further details.
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Berlin
Lille
France
Senator Thomas Links Oil Monopolies to Mexican Revolutions
Washington January 12 Senator Thomas a Democrat of Colorado charged in the Mexican debate that Standard Oil and the Pearson Oil syndicate seek monopoly control of Mexico's oil industry and have "covered it with a sea of blood" through rivaling efforts.
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Washington
Thomas
Colorado
Senate
Standard Oil Company
Pearson Oil
Mexico
Rioters Loot East Youngstown Store in Riot Aftermath
Investigation continues as military and police tally loot from last Friday and Saturday rioting in East Youngstown. Items seized include four cash registers forty trunks one hundred twenty two suitcases forty potatoes and eighty five sacks of flour along with cartridges bottles of catsup spices coffee bread hens and matches. Wearing apparel is also reported among the recoveries.
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Youngstown
Particu
Old Skonli Makes A Talk
Paris reports Premier Skouloudis said the entente powers promised to consider Greek grievances over allies control of supplies in a formal diplomatic note from Athens via Havas.
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Paris
Havas
Athens
Skouloudis
Willard to Meet Moran for $40,000 Purse in March
New York reports Jess Willard and Frank Moran will clash on March 3 for a $40,000 purse. The announcement confirms the heavyweight bout in the city with high stakes and strong public interest.
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New York
Jess Willard
Frank Moran
Coldest Place In Country Reported At 48 Below In Havre
Spokane report notes Havre Montana recorded 48 below zero as the coldest place in the United States today per government measurements.
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Spokane
Wash
Havre
Mont
United States
Winter Storm Ties Southwest With Snow and Delays
The region endures a brutal cold snap as temperatures plunge from 35 to 60 degrees in 24 hours across Kansas Iowa Nebraska Missouri with Oklahoma and Texas also cooling. Snow blankets large areas and trains run one to two hours late while wire service is erratic. Two deaths and over twenty injured are reported from storm incidents. Des Moines hits zero and Omaha records eight below. Rain falls at Little Rock and Wichita sees five inches of snow.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Des Moines
Omaha
Little Rock
Wichita
Rabies Rabble Hears Muzzling and Coyote Elimination Plan
At Winnemucca Nevada on January 12 a conference favored muzzling dogs and extermination of coyotes as methods to curb rabies across Nevada northern California southern Oregon and Idaho.
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Winnemucca
Nevada
California
Oregon
Idlaho
Wheat Market Report from Chicago
Chicago wheat prices for January 12 set at 1.28 dollars per bushel for May delivery. Corn traded at 0.795 dollars, oats at 0.484 dollars.
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Chicago
Packing Company to Open Plant Bid Sessions in Gooding
The Fales-Houston Packing company held a stockholders meeting at the Kane building with 933 shares reissued. Directors were elected, bids for a new plant building were opened, and officers announced the board set share value at 110 dollars above par for outstanding stock.
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Ocatello
Fales-Houston Packing Company
Kane Building
Tribune
van Buskirk
R. W. Houston
Houston
Pocatello
Benedict
F. Tl. Paradice, Jr
Kasiska
W. D. Wales
W. Byrne
John Fraser
C. BE. Benedict
W. P. McDonald
A. B. Bean
J. N. Meall
Albert Pletz
D. D. van Buskirk
J. C. Weeter
Salt Lake
W. D. Fales
Hans Koch
Gooding
Giffin
J. P. Wedell
B. F. Funk
Aberdeen
C. E. Benedict
C. D. van Buskirk
Ford junketers sail for home
Rotterdam dispatch reports the main body of Ford peace crusaders returning to America. Students preachers and correspondents will depart today leaving a small committee to conduct future negotiations of the enterprise.
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Rotterdam
Ford Peace Crusaders
Junketers
America
Newlyweds Held by Friends After Marriage in Idaho
Chas Allan Harwood, football captain, and Helen Backus, from Turner hall and Golconda Nevada, wed secretly. Officers intercepted at departure for Butte due to underage marriage without parental consent. parents later authorized union in Pocatello. The couple, now headed to Roberts Idaho to start life together.
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Tech
Chas
Allan Harwood
Helen Backus
Turner Hall
Golconda
Nevada
Butte
Pocatello
Roberts
Idaho
Cotton Workers Form New Union in New England Mills
Boston date line reports 20 000 cotton workers in New England mill centers plan to form a new labor union to replace the United Textile Workers. They criticize the existing union as unrepresentative and aim to improve conditions and pay through a vigorous organization.
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Boston
New England
United Textile Workers
Elks Minstrels Set to Glow For Two Nights
A full house is promised as the Elks Minstrels take the stage tonight and tomorrow. The show features end men, vocalists, and a musical farce with a large local team وراء supporting acts and proceeds benefiting the Elks’ relief fund.
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The
Elks Minstrels
C. Douglass Smith
John 8. Taylor
Juy Smith
Short Line
Worel
Ynes
Elks Bilching Fund
Tomora Might
United States Demands Punishment for Chihua hua Massacre
Washington reports Lansing demanding prompt punishment of the bandits who killed 17 Americans at Chihuahua. Bodies to be sent to Juarez by special train. Senator Sherman drafts a resolution for U S and six Pan American nations to intervene if Carranza does not protect foreign lives.
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Washington
Lansing
Carranza
Chihuahua
Aredondo
Juarez
United States
Cobb
el Paso
Senate
Sherman
Mexico
Committee On Foreign Relations
State Department
Diplomatic protest over Mexican killings denounced as crimes
In Washington the state department reported Consul William at Queretaro sent a telegraph demanding protection for Americans in de facto Carranza districts after at least 16 Americans were killed. About 600 remain in the area despite warnings as officials await full reports.
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Washington
Congress
White House
State Department
Lansing
William
Queretaro
Carranza
Wilson
Garrison
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Train Massacre of Foreigners Near Chihuahua Shocked El Paso
The El Paso report says 18 bodies, mostly Americans, were executed by Villa bandits Monday at San Ysabel during a train stop. Thomas M. Holmes survived, recounting a brutal massacre as relatives and miners demand protection and U. S. action.
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el Paso
San Ysabel
Mexico
Thomas M. Holmes
Cuihuihiachie Mining Company
Chihuahua
Washington
United States
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Medinahiety
Villa
Juarez
General Pershing
Thomas Holmes
Ile
Killed Murray Crossett Said Safe in Chicago
Report lists 18 dead including a Canadian and a Mexican with Murray Crossett now safe in Chicago. A troop train carrying 75 Mexican soldiers was sent to Madera and mining men declared the force inadequate. Arrangements were made to move bodies across the border without formalities. Mexican Consul Garcia awaited an official statement for publication.
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Murray Crossett
Chicago
Madera
Garcia
Raid on train of American miners near Chihuahua City
Seventeen Americans employed by Cuihuirachie Mining were halted 50 miles west of Chihuahua City, stripped, and lined up as a firing squad opened fire. Thomas H. Holmes, the sole known survivor, escaped toward Chihuahua City after the attack. A list of victims and the raid’s timing near Kilometer 68 are reported amid wire censorship by Carranza officials.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Chihuahua City
Jose Rodriguez
Cuihuirachie Mining Company
Thomas H. Holmes
American Smelting & Refining Company
Juarez
Carranza
Holmes
Mexico
Villa
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Ciherus
Han
Skonli
Willard
Moran
WIL Open
Sa‘ Uray
SAIL
Cotton Workers
NEW Union
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